Badminton at the World Games

Badminton was introduced and only played at the 1981 World Games. The badminton events of World Games I were held on July 25–28, 1981, at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara. China, in its first summer multi-sport event since the 1936 Summer Olympics, competed in badminton only, winning four of the five gold medals.[1]  Seventeen of the countries at these Games participated in badminton, making it one of the most represented sports. The players executive of the International Badminton Federation, Ciro Ciniglio, expressed disappointment at the lack of media coverage of badminton, saying, "We have many world champions competing here and ... were hoping all these great players would draw crowds. ... The United States over the years has had very good players, some of the finest. It was our hope to help the sport gain popularity in the United states by showcasing all this fine talent."[2]

Medalists

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Singles  Chen Changjie (CHN)  Morten Frost (DEN)  Prakash Padukone (IND)
 Liem Swie King (INA)
Doubles  Sun Zhian
Yao Ximing (CHN)		  Thomas Kihlström
Stefan Karlsson (SWE)		  Billy Gilliland
Dan Travers (SCO)
 Hariamanto Kartono
Rudy Heryanto (INA)
Women
Singles  Zhang Ailing (CHN)  Hwang Sun-ai (KOR)  Lene Køppen (DEN)
 Fumiko Tohkairin (JPN)
Doubles  Zhang Ailing
Liu Xia (CHN)		  Nora Perry
Jane Webster (ENG)		  Hwang Sun-ai
Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
 Fumiko Tohkairin
Sonoe Otsuka (JPN)
Mixed
Doubles  Gillian Gilks (ENG)
 Thomas Kihlström (SWE)		  Nora Perry
Mike Tredgett (ENG)		  Imelda Wiguno
Christian Hadinata (INA)
 Lene Køppen
Steen Skovgaard (DEN)

Results

Men's singles

First round
Liem Swie King (Indonesia), bye; S. Egbeyemi (Nigeria) def. K. Zeniya (Japan), 15-1, 15-4; S. Modi (India) won by default over J. Sidek (Malaysia); R. Stevens (England) def. A. Salazar (Peru), 15-4, 15-7; Morten Frost Hansen (Denmark) def. P. Johnson (Canada), 15-3, 15-4; G. Valdez (Peru) won by default over M. Sidek (Malaysia); Stephen Baddeley (England) def. G. Higgins (USA) 15-7, 15-8; M. Hadiyanto (Indonesia) won by default over J. P. Baudoin (Belgium)
Second round
M. Hadiyanto (Indonesia) d. Stephen Baddeley (England); plus other matches

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Liem Swie King 15 15
Ray Stevens 3 7
Liem Swie King 14 15 6
Morten Frost 18 11 15
Hadiyanto 10 6
Morten Frost 15 15
Morten Frost 15 7 12
Chen Changjie 9 15 15
Chen Changjie 18 15
Kevin Jolly 14 8
Chen Changjie 18 18
Prakash Padukone 14 16
Pat Tryon 5 3
Prakash Padukone 15 15

Women's singles

First round
Jane Webster (England) d. U. Kinard (USA), 11-7, 11-6; A. Tokuda (sic) (Tōkairin[10]) (Japan) won by default over J. Youngberg (Canada); Yun Ja Kim (South Korea[9]) won by default over L. I. Ivana (Indonesia); C. Carton (USA), d. C. Blackhouse (Canada), 11-7, 11-12, 11-7; Y. Yonekura (Japan) won by default over A. Ghia (India)
Second round
Sun Ai Hwang (South Korea[9]) d. G. Edwards (Nigeria), 11-0, 11-1; L. Blumer (Switzerland) won by default over W. Carter (Canada); L. S. Yeng[12] (Chinese Taipei[9]) won by default over V. Wiharjo (Indonesia); Tōkairin[10] (Japan) d. Webster (England), 11-7, 11-6; Kim (South Korea[9]) d. Carton (USA), 12-11, 11-1; Lene Koppen, (Denmark), d. Yonekura, 11-3, 11-3; Gillian Gilks (England), won by default over T. Sumirah (Indonesia); Zhang Ailing (China[9]), won by default over S. Skillings (Canada).

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Hwang Sun-ai 11 11
Liselotte Blumer 3 3
Hwang Sun-ai 11 11
Fumiko Tōkairin 1 2
Fumiko Tōkairin 11 11
Liu Xia[12] 7 6
Hwang Sun-ai 11 9 9
Zhang Ailing 7 11 12
Lene Køppen 11 11 11
Kim Yun-ja 4 12 9
Lene Køppen 4 1
Zhang Ailing 11 11
Gillian Gilks 1 12 0
Zhang Ailing 11 11 11

Men's doubles
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Rudy Heryanto
Kartono 		15 15
Steve Baddeley
Kevin Jolly 		9 10
Rudy Heryanto
Kartono 		15 11 8
Sun Zhian
Yao Ximing 		3 15 15
Sun Zhian
Yao Ximing[lower-alpha 1] 		17 2 15
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata 		14 15 12
Sun Zhian
Yao Ximing 		12 15 15
Stefan Karlsson
Thomas Kihlström 		15 4 6
Stefan Karlsson
Thomas Kihlström 		15 15
Ray Stevens
Mike Tredgett 		12 10
Stefan Karlsson
Thomas Kihlström 		10 15 15
Billy Gilliland
Dan Travers 		15 0 9
Babatunde Badru
Samson Egbeyemi 		6 6
Billy Gilliland
Dan Travers 		15 15
  1. Sun Zhian/Yao Ximing (China) defeated Delfs/Steen Skovgaard (Denmark) in an earlier round.

Women's doubles
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Nora Perry
Jane Webster 		15 15
Judianne Kelly
Vicki Toutz 		4 4
Nora Perry
Jane Webster 		8 17 15
Hwang Sun-ai
Kim Yun-ja 		15 14 10
Imelda Wiguno
Yoshiko Yonekura 		4 18 4
Hwang Sun-ai
Kim Yun-ja 		15 14 15
Nora Perry
Jane Webster 		15 4 8
Liu Xia
Zhang Ailing 		11 15 15
Sonoe Ōtsuka
Fumiko Tōkairin 		w / o
Wendy Carter
Sandra Skillings
Sonoe Ōtsuka
Fumiko Tōkairin 		4 5
Liu Xia
Zhang Ailing 		15 15
Oby Edoga
Grace Edward
Liu Xia
Zhang Ailing 		w / o

Mixed doubles
Quarter-finals[lower-alpha 1] Semi-finals Final
               
Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		15 15
Li Mao
Song Youping 		11 3
Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		11 15 15
Steen Skovgaard
Lene Køppen 		15 4 8
Babatunde Badiru
Grace Edwards 		5 1
Steen Skovgaard
Lene Køppen 		15 15
Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry 		6 14
Thomas Kihlström
Gillian Gilks 		15 18
Christian Hadinata
Imelda Wiguno 		15 15
Bob Gilmour
Vicki Toutz 		2 5
Christian Hadinata
Imelda Wiguno 		8 8
Thomas Kihlström
Gillian Gilks 		15 15
Billy Gilliland
Karen Chapman 		15 6
Thomas Kihlström
Gillian Gilks 		17 15
    • Badminton-Sport 29 (1981) (9), S. 14

References
  1. Sargis, Joe (July 29, 1981). "For the Republic of China, the climb back into..." United Press International.
  2. "World Games playing to mediocre crowds". San Jose Mercury News. July 28, 1981. p. 1D.
  3. "World Games I Results At Santa Clara Calif., July 24 (sic)". United Press International. July 25, 1981.
  4. "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  5. "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  6. "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 26, 1981. p. 14E.
  7. "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 10D.
  8. "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 12E.
  9. Sargis, Joe (July 25, 1981). "Ana Maria Carrasco of Venezuela shattered her own world..." United Press International. [I]n women's singles, which progressed through two rounds, Korea had two winners while Taipei and the [People's] Republic of China had one each.
  10. Baddeley, Stephen (October 1981). "China surge through to four titles". Badminton. pp. 10–12.
  11. "German fin swimmer wins fourth gold medal". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 28, 1981. p. 3D.
  12. One source (UPI, "Results", July 25) shows L.S. Yeng of Chinese Taipei advancing out of the second round of women’s singles. However, in subsequent days, the press agency does not publish the later quarterfinal results. Another source (Badminton magazine) begins with the quarterfinal results but does not mention L.S. Yeng. Instead it shows Liu Xia losing here. Yet the first source does not mention Liu Xia in its reports of women’s singles (mentioning her only at women's doubles.)
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